Peter I, Emperor of Russia (1672-1725) to Count Boris Petrovich Sheremetyev [in Russian]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01256 Author/Creator: Peter I, Emperor of Russia (1672-1725) Place Written: St. Petersburg, Russia Type: Letter signed Date: 28 October 1715 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 20.7 x 32.4 cm. Order a Copy
Numbered "No. 108" on recto and "N. 88" on verso. The Czar recommends replacing Lieutenant General Anfediel with Lieutenant General Shlipenbah (possibly Wolmar Anton von Schileppenbach). Discusses political and military strategies against Sweden.
In 1700, Peter instigated the Great Northern War (1700-1721) with Sweden to regain access to the Baltic Sea. Wolmar Anton von Schlippenbach was Governor General of Swedish Estonia from 1704 to 1706.
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